Katastrophomena mackenzii Jin and Harper 2024 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae

Full reference: J. Jin and D. A. T. Harper. 2024. An Edgewood-type Hirnantian fauna from the Mackenzie Mountains, northwestern margin of Laurentia. Journal of Paleontology 98

Belongs to Katastrophomena according to J. Jin and D. A. T. Harper 2024

Sister taxa: Katastrophomena (Costistrophomena), Katastrophomena (Katastrophomena), Katastrophomena admiratio, Katastrophomena agrestis, Katastrophomena antiquata, Katastrophomena catalorni, Katastrophomena dolhirensis, Katastrophomena maxima, Katastrophomena modesta, Katastrophomena parvicardinis, Katastrophomena penkillensis, Katastrophomena radiireticulata, Katastrophomena scabrosa, Katastrophomena scotica, Katastrophomena woodlandensis, Katastrophomena zheganensis, Strophomena antiquata woodlandensis

Type specimen: GSC 131868. Its type locality is S-2. Uppermost stream of Redstone River. Mackenzie Mountains, which is in a Hirnantian carbonate limestone in the Whittaker Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Yukon collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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